BC Rural Health Conference: Webinar Series

BC Rural Health Conference: Webinar Series

Hosted by RCCbc

The University of British Columbia Division of Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide study credits for continuing medical education for physicians. This Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits per session or 4.5 Mainpro+ credits for the whole series. Each physician should claim only those credits he/she actually spent in the activity.

Overview

Although we’re unable to gather together in Penticton this year as a rural healthcare community, RCCbc is committed to supporting you and your teams in the rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic landscape. We are launching a free rural CME webinar series featuring rural speakers who will present the latest rurally-relevant CME, pearls, and tips to aid you as you care for your communities.

Agenda

Description:
This panel discussion webinar will cover the approach and management of patients presenting to the ER with acute respiratory distress and suspected COVID-19. Please join Dr. Matt Petrie (ER), Dr. Ryan Foster (ICU), and Dr. Nick Kuzak (Anaesthesia/Critical Care) for a case-based discussion of the management of these patients from a respiratory care standpoint. Audience participation is encouraged during the presentation with dedicated time for Q&A.

Description:
Join us for this timely and Elder-led overview of why cultural safety is an important issue during a pandemic. We’ll examine historic considerations pertinent to Indigenous people during pandemics and how those factors can activate trauma. We plan to highlight a practitioner and patient who are using virtually-enhanced patient care to ensure continuity continues even in remote areas. And lastly, we will review some of the good work being done by FNHA, RCCbc, UBC CPD, etc. all around the province to help provide the best care for BC First Nations during this time.

Learning Objectives:
Examine why cultural safety is an imperative part of patient care during a pandemic
Highlight examples of virtually-enhanced care to remote First Nations communities from a patient perspective
Discuss how to build new virtual relationships in a culturally-sensitive way, including examples of how ceremony can be supported virtually
Review local success stories and innovations that are happening that help address health disparities during a pandemic

May 27, 2020- Ask Anything: COVID-19 for Rural Practitioners

Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT

Description:
Join us for this online accredited session where highly experienced clinicians will answer your COVID-19 questions and share their experiences diagnosing and managing COVID-19 patients, both in the ER and the acute care setting. The webinar will include a panel of experts including an urban emergency physician who contracted COVID-19, a rural intensivist, a rural centre emergency physician, and a pediatric infectious disease specialist. Participants will be prompted to ask their questions in real-time. We also encourage you to send your questions in early!

Learning Objectives:
Become updated on suggested best practices for diagnosing and caring for your COVID-19 patients.
Discuss COVID-19 emergency & critical care topics such as ventilation, cardiac failure, stroke protocols, and PPE/containment.
Review the latest data on pediatric manifestations of COVID-19.
Review the most up-to-date evidence around PCR testing and serology and it’s implications for public health.

How to ask questions

​Type out your question in the ‘type your question’ field and click ‘SEND. You will see your question posted and you will be able to review questions that others have asked. Your questions can be asked anonymously, just leave your name out when posting your questions.

​Up-vote: feel free to click the thumbs up icon beside the questions you like as this will move those questions to the top of the queue.

​Questions will be reviewed by the moderator and relayed to the presenters before the session and during the Q&A period.

Note that the actual Sli.do event link will be emailed to you on the morning of the event.

Recordings

This webinar will be recorded and will be available online within a few days of the event. If you register for the webinar, you will receive a post-webinar email with the recording link.

Connection Details

Prior to the webinar, you will receive an email from UBC CPD with connection details (a second reminder will be sent again the day of the webinar). If you do not receive this email, please check your spam folders. You should add "@ubc.ca" to your safe sender list. If you do not receive the connection email, please contact us at cpd.info@ubc.ca.

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